Table 1 Caffeine, catechin and gallic acid content in green tea extract, as measured by HPLC.

From: Green tea extract promotes DNA repair in a yeast model

Component

(μg/100 ml GTE)

Caffeine

19046 ± 147a

ECb

5774 ± 174

ECGc

2008 ± 19

EGCd

30266 ± 671

EGCGe

12884 ± 649

Gallic acid

176 ± 6

  1. aValues are mean ± S.D. from triplicate analysis.
  2. bEC: epicatechin; cECG: epicatechin gallate; dEGC: epigallocatechin;
  3. eEGCG: epigallocatechin gallate.
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